Category: N

A virus that reproduces in nerve tissue.  

One of the vessels supplying specific areas such as the interior of bones.  

The use of airway support administered through a face (nasal) mask instead of an endotracheal tube. Inhaled gases are given with positive end-expiratory pressure often with pressure support or with assist control ventilation at a set tidal volume and rate. Numerous studies have shown this technique to be as effective as, and better tolerated than,…

The site of greatest obstruction to airflow through the nasal passages. It extends from the bony cave near the piriform aperture into part of the cartilaginous vestibule of the nose. It is also known as the “internal nasal valve.”  

Alterations in attention, concentration, coordination, mood, muscle activity, neurological development, or sensation resulting from exposure to a poisonous chemical, drug, or physical agent.  

Determining intraocular pressure by measuring the degree of indentation of the cornea produced by a puff of air.  

A limited physiological response of the newborn infant to chilling. Hypothermia stimulates sympathetic catabolism of brown fat, which is not coupled with ATP formation, and therefore releases most energy in the form of heat. Brown fat is located mainly in the neck and chest of the infant.  

The temperature of the body, taken orally, in a healthy individual: normally 97.5° to 99.5°F (36° to 38°C). The normal body temperature when healthy typically ranges between 98°F and 99°F, with an average of 98.6°F.  

Compression of nasal blood vessels to stop bleeding.  

Tachycardia in which the duration of the QRS complex is less than 0.12 seconds. Most narrow complex tachycardias originate from a pacemaker above the ventricles and are therefore supraventricular tachycardias.